Access to Commercial Registers Worldwide
kompany® provides real-time access to official and audit-proof commercial register information, including company filings covering more than 100 million companies in 150+ jurisdictions.
Today more than 100 million companies trade worldwide. Due to the overall growth of international business relations, the rise of online market places, and the higher level of outsourcing, risks have increased for both large enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses.
kompany helps businesses of all size to verify and check their international business partners, suppliers and customers via a webtool or automated via an API. By doing so, businesses can reduce fraud risks, collection costs, third party risks and comply with international regulations, such as anti-money laundering rules.
kompany was founded in 2012, is headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and currently serves customers from over 100 countries.
An experienced team of multi-national industry professionals develop and grow the platform and business. The founders and the start-up team have worked together in several companies in Europe, South Africa and the US during the past 15+ years and have a successful track record in the mobile and digital media industry.
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Management Team
kompany is a company established by passionate people. We are passionate about providing you with the company intelligence you need to run your business better. And we are passionate about growing our platform and business to become the global clearing-house for authoritative and trusted information, covering the 100 million companies now trading worldwide by 2017. Together we speak 10 languages and have lived and worked in various parts of the world. We combine a rich set of industry expertise and entrepreneurial spirit with dedication and a strong focus on customer experience. Our headquarter in the center of Vienna is a truly international environment and an exciting place to work.
Russell Perry
Founder & CEO
Russell co-founded kompany together with his long-time friends and business partners. He drives the direction of the business and loves finding business opportunities others might have overlooked.
Prior to a short exec stint where he returned to the telco world in South Africa, Russell was the start-up CEO of the largest people-search engine with more than 50 million monthly uniques, operating in 13 countries in 11 languages. He expanded the company from a garage operation to a profitable business within six months and oversaw the sale to a publishing company for EUR 15 million, generating up to a 5x return for private and the Austrian venture fund gamma capital partners within 18 months. For nearly six years Russell was a member of the senior management team at the online gaming company bwin. He led product management betting with more than EUR 2.5 billion in wagers, established strategic and media partnerships in 25 countries and was instrumental in establishing bwin as the dominant player in mobile gaming.
Russell's mobile and telecommunications roots go back to 1998 when he joined Austria's third mobile operator ONE (which first became Orange Austria and then Hutchison 3 Austria) as head of product management data. There he oversaw several European firsts, such as mobile banking, SMS content services, SMS payment for vending machines and the first real-time multi-user gaming platform. Russell then joined Telefonica Movile's 3G Mobile AG in Zurich as Director of Products & Services where he defined and led the launch portfolio of the 3G green field mobile operator.
Russell was born in New York City but lived in Austria for half of his childhood. He holds a BA in International Studies from Maryville College, a Master's in European Integration, and a dual MSc/MAS graduate degree in Telematics Management. Russell has enjoyed teaching several post-graduate courses on telecommunication and business modeling at his Alma Mater, Danube University Krems and other universities.
We are always on the look-out for talented and passionate additions to our team. For information please visit our Careers section.
